BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery

Subject: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: Gurney
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 01:07 AM

The one I have needs a new battery. It's a AM-F65 and I think the AM-F70 takes the same battery.
I have found a supplier, but they want US$92+ freight.
If anyone has found them cheaper than that, could you point me to the right place?

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: GUEST,Black Hawk on works pc
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 04:00 AM

Try eBay

I got some dirt cheap (new) for my Sony MD last year from a supplier who had plenty.

I am at work now but will check the battery type & supplier when I get home!

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 06:59 AM

The battery seems to be LIB-902 Li 3.6v 700mAh. Looks to be hard to find and pricey when you do find it.

Not sure if searching for those specs would find anything that would actually fit ... but the first 3.6v/ 700mAh Li battery. here are a few.

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: EBarnacle
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 12:10 PM

I have gotten all sorts of expensive components through EBay. Try them first, including closed [completed] auctions so you can see the sort of prices you can expect.

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: Gurney
Date: 12 Mar 08 - 06:48 PM

Jon, none of the ones there are correct. The specified one is like a pack of chewing-gum but with a step in it so that idiots can't put it in the wrong way,and one lump contact at each end, and mine is Aiwa original, so they may all be. You have the # and capacity right.

I believe there is an external arrangement for it, too. Mucho bother.

Looks as if I will have to become an EBay buyer, but that is a bother too, as they have no presence in NZ, -We have an equivalent called TradeMe- and people are wary of trusting foreign first-timers.

Aiwa is now owned by Sony, so they will likely be phased out, Sony having their own MDs.

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: Gurney
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 04:02 PM

I spent the evening on EBay, Oz, UK, and US, and nothing. Or nothing yet, anyway. Found another source in Holland, but much the same price.

It is possible that the battery is not finished, but was stored in a discharged condition, which means it will no longer accept a charge. Lithium-ion, you see.
They can apparently be revived, but no-one will tell me how, because often they explode in the process!
However, my son is doing a degree in electronics. Hhhhmm.

Subject: RE: BS: Aiwa Mini-disk battery
From: GUEST,Black Hawk
Date: 13 Mar 08 - 04:47 PM

Sorry Gurney - the ones I obtained were for a Sony MD - battery type NH-10WM, 1.2 900mAh.

Wrong type.